1、限时提能精练三十六Unit 14Freedom fighters(限时30分钟).词汇知识1I really enjoyed your lecture, _ there were some parts I didnt quite understand.AbecauseBwhetherCsince Dalthough解析：虽然有些部分我不十分理解，可我真的喜欢你的演讲。although虽然。答案：D2There must be equality of rights for all citizens, _ age, sex, religion or nationality.Aregardless
2、of Bbecause ofCin case of Din honor of解析：所有市民，不论(regardless of)其年龄、性别、宗教信仰及国籍，都必须享有平等权。答案：A3Cell phones are _ in many schools. However, students are never afraid of that and use them at school secretly.Aapplied BallowedCforbidden Dblocked解析：许多学校都禁止使用手机，可学生从来不怕，他们依然在学校偷偷使用。forbid禁止。答案：C4Since she urg
3、ed people to _ its products, the Japanese company has suffered losses of $20 million.Apurchase BrequireCboycott Dpromote解析：自从她呼吁人们抵制(boycott)那家日本公司的产品后，这个公司已经损失了两千万美元。答案：C5Theres something youre not telling me.Dont be _！ Ive told you all about it.Aunconditional BridiculousCimpressive Dbrilliant解析：别胡
4、说！我可什么都告诉你了。ridiculous可笑的，荒谬的。答案：B6We have _ to decide where to spend our holidays, but well make a detailed plan before Friday.Ajust BalreadyConly Dyet解析：我们还没有决定去哪里去度假，不过我们会在周五前制订详细的计划。have yet to do sth. 还没有做某事。答案：D7Did you attend Marys wedding ceremony last month?No. We _ London then, so we misse
5、d it.Aare visiting Bhad visitedCwere visiting Dhave visited解析：我们当时在伦敦游玩呢，所以就没有参加(她的婚礼)。答案：C8(2011四川武胜县高三联考)The belief in a study came _ stress causes people to put on weight by reaching for junk food or avoiding exercise for a long time.Awthat BthatCwhich Dwhose解析：that引导同位语从句解释说明the belief。答案：B9(201
6、0南充模拟)Put the book back to the same place _ you found it after finishing reading.Awhere BthatCas Dwhich解析：考查定语从句。句意：看完之后把这本书放回到你发现它的同一个地方。先行词(place)由the same修饰，指地点，关系词在从句中作地点状语，故用where。答案：A10His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any _ of it at all.Ameaning BsenseCidea Dsignificance解析：考
7、查名词辨析。句意：他的回答太不清楚了，我根本搞不清楚是什么意思。meaning意思；idea主意；significance意义，重要性；但只有make sense of是固定搭配，意为“弄懂的意思”。答案：B11He demanded _ here in time.Aus to get Bthat we arrivedCwe arrive Dthat we had reached解析：考查demand用法。demand sb. to do sth. 的用法是错误的，故排除A；demand后接宾语从句时，从句中使用“should动词原形”，should可省略，故选C。答案：C12I want t
8、o _ voice to what we all feel in wishing the teacher a quick recovery.Amake BsendCgive Dtake答案：C13Only by_ can we win the war against the powerful enemy, or well be defeated by him one by one in the end.Atelling the truth Bjoining handsCpaying attention Dtaking part答案：B14While he was at _ college, h
9、e took part in the march and was soon thrown into _prison.Athe；不填 B不填；theC不填；不填 Dthe; the答案：C15Theyre _ the shop because the people who work there arent allowed to join a union.Aobjecting BboycottingCopposing Dmanaging答案：B.易错纠误(demand用法易错点)16_ time goes on, people _ better housing and jobs.AWhen; wa
10、nt BWhile; needCAs; demand DSince; ask解析：as time goes on是习惯说法，意为“随着时间的推移”。答案：C17They _ that the books be returned to the school library at once.Ademanded BhopedCwished Dpermitted解析：根据从句的谓语动词为be returned可知，从句用了虚拟语气，demanded符合要求。hope宾语从句用真实语气；wish不用should动词原形的虚拟语气；permit不接从句。答案：A18He was stopped by a
11、policeman who _ his name and address.Aclaimed BrequestedCrequired Ddemanded解析：他被一名警察拦住了，要求他提供姓名和地址。claim“认领，声称，要求”；request“请求，要求(一般指非常礼貌地、客气地请求)”；require“要求某人做某事”；demand sth.“盘问某事”。答案：D19He _ the person referred to be put in prison.Asaid BdemandedCagreed Dthought解析：根据从句的谓语动词为be put可知，从句用了虚拟语气，四个选项中只
12、有demand有此用法。故选B项。其中referred to作后置定语修饰the person。答案：B20It is known to us that oil is _ these days.Aon great demand Bfor a great demandCat a great demand Din great demand解析：in great demand“急需”。答案：D.阅读理解A(2011河北正定中学)Funny English Errors and Insights Laugh. And Learn！The word launched in the second para
13、graph is closest to the meaning：Asent up for the first time.Bwritten for the first time.Cfor sale for the first time.Dprinted for the first time.答案：C22On the website, you can do the following things except_.Aread some funny newsBknow something about this book previouslyCfind a lot of examples about
14、English errorsDexpress your opinions freely答案：A23About this book, you know that_.Ait only includes English, science, historyBit is quite different from Howlers booksCall the quotes in it are familiar with usDit is intended for people all walks of life 答案：D24The text is aimed at introducing_.Aa popul
15、ar websiteBsome selected funny photosCa new bookDsome funny English errors答案：CBA French father who swam across the English Channel 16 years after losing all his limbs(四肢) in an accident said on Sunday that he was “the happiest man alive”Philippe Croizon, a 42yearold former metalworker, said he had p
16、erformed his feat(技艺) to inspire all those “who think life is nothing but suffering.”He set off from Folkestone in southern England just before 8：00 am on Saturday, and arrived on the French coast near Wissant just before 9：30 pm, making use of his specially designed artificial legs. Steadying himse
17、lf with the stumps(残余部分) of his arms, Croizon kept up a constant speed in good weather and was accompanied by wild dolphins for part of the 33kilometre crossing.In 1994 Croizon was hit by a 20,000volt charge as he attempted to remove a television aerial(天线) from a house roof and an arc(电弧) of curren
18、t surged through him from a nearby powerline.“I was on my hospital bed, and theyd just finished cutting off my last leg. You can imagine how that felt. And then I saw a show on TV about a female swimmer who crossed the Channel，” he explained. “There and then, I asked myself: Why not me one day？，” he
19、 said.Croizon trained for two years and last month completed a 12hour swim between the ports of Noirmoutier and Pornic on Frances Atlantic coast, but his final Channel crossing was much faster than he had expected.“It was great. I was very excited. I didnt want to disappoint anyone，” he said, declar
20、ing that his next longdistance challenge will be to swim between Europe and Africa.25Croizon lost all his limbs in a(n)_Aearthquake Btraffic accidentCelectric shock Dhouse fire解析：根据第四段内容可知，Croizon是在一次电击事故中失去四肢的。答案：C26The idea of swimming across the English Channel occurred to Croizon _.Awhen he was
21、still a metalworkerBwhen he saw it for the first timeCafter he saw a show about a female crossing it on TVDafter he swam between the ports of Noirmoutier and Pornic解析：根据第五段中的then I saw a show on TV about a female swimmer who crossed the Channel可知，Croizon在电视上看到了一位女性穿越英吉利海峡后，产生了也要穿越该海峡的想法。答案：C27What c
22、an we learn from the passage?AIt took Croizon 12 hours to cross the Channel.BCroizon had practiced for two years for the crossing.CCroizon spent more time crossing the Channel than expected.DCroizon has decided to stop the challenge after crossing the Channel.解析：根据倒数第二段的Croizon trained for two years可知，Croizon为穿越英吉利海峡训练了两年的时间。答案：B